Nightmare before Christmas
When Robin Ince was invited onto TV to debate the "de-Christianisation" of Christmas, the flawed arguments of Vanessa Feltz and Stephen Green were enough to leave him foaming at the…
Faith & Religion
The “New Atheists” are responding to provocation, not mounting an arbitrary attack
On behalf of the New Atheists AC Grayling blasts back at Theodore Dalrymple
Offend who you like, just don’t mention religion
On the stand-up circuit disabled people are fair game. Yet mocking God can get you banned, says Christina Martin
Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash
Toby Saul on how blasphemy changed the way we think
Fallen Angels by Harold Bloom
Jonathan Derbyshire on Harold Bloom's angels
Campus crusades
Ebenezer Obadare reports on the rise of Nigeria’s student zealots
Diary
Forget about the stars, the Wise Men and the Baby Jesus. Christmas is all about family, says Carrie Quinlan
God almighty PLC
Marketing expert Winston Fletcher analyses a world-beating strategy
Demob happy
After seven years on the faith front lines, Guardian religious affairs correspondent Stephen Bates is glad to be back on civvy street
Thinkers: William Blake
William Blake was a confused failure but a great humanist, says Shirley Dent